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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

I still don't understand how it is limiting to have a ministry of music? Most Christian artist feel like they have been called to a ministry of music. And I do hope that you realize that Christian music is one of the LARGEST growing genre's of music...it is by no means "limiting" if more keep gaining interest.

I'm not sure if you're purposely miscomprehending what I'm writing or not, but this point isn't really a major issue.

Sara wrote that song after having a really big fight with her husband. She went into her room, sat at the piano, and just wrote! My point is that not all Christian artists’ songs mention the word God in them. It doesn't make them any less Christian.

I don't think anybody claimed that writing non-God praisin' songs makes a Christian artists less Christian.

The reason they label themselves Christian artist is because THEY ARE CHRISTIAN and the majority of the music they write is about God's active role in their life,

Once again, Steve and I and others have mentioned that there are dozens upon dozens of musicians out there who are Christian and who write music with religious themes, yet they don't pigeonhole themselves into the market of "Christian" music. The question I asked is why an artist would choose to do this.

About the song and Sheryl Crow. Ok now let's turn the tables around...let’s say Sheryl Crow (or any other secular pop artist) recorded THIS song by Sara...tell me that their fans would turn on them saying they have gone "Christian"!!!

Why do you keep bringing up Sheryl Crow? I have to say, I don't own any of her albums, and I'm not intimately familiar with her fan base or how they might react if she wrote and released a religious song. Anyway, are you implying that most fans of "secular" music would refuse to listen to a song by their favorite "secular" artist if it had religious themes? I don't think that's remotely true. If that's what you're saying, what is it that makes you think that?